Beverage dispenser



Jan. 15, 1935. c. SMITH BEVERAGE DISPENSER Filed June 3, 1933 SnnentorLAWRENCE c. SMITH Bg M@ (Ittorneg Fg. a'.

Patented Jan. 15, 1935 UNITED STATES BEVERAGE DISPENSER Lawrence C.Smith, Kenmore, N. Y., assignor to Fedders Manufacturing Company, Inc.,Buffa-lo,

Application June 3, 1933, Serial No. 674,231

1 Claim.

This invention relates to refrigerating apparatus for use in thecooling-of liquids.

The invention more particularly relates to means for coolingsimultaneously a liquid olis-y penser of the reservoir type and astorage compartment. The invention will also be found to reside in thenovel arrangement of these devices and in a cooperating cabinetstructure for housing the same, as more fully desecribed in theaccompanying specification and drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a cabinet containing the cooling deviceof the present invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section on the line 2--2 of- Fig. 1; and,

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

In accordance with the present invention, a rectangular cabinet isprovided to house the apparatus and it is formed with an open topbordered by an internal flange member 11. A partition 12 is spaced fromthe open top, and it is secured to the walls of the cabinet to form anenlarged chamber 13. A vertical compartment member 14 and a horizontalcompartment member 15 are mounted within the chamber 13 in spacedrelation to the walls of the cabinet, the member 14 comprising acylindrical tank, having an annular flange 16 at its upper edge servingas a connecting means to a cover member 17, which, in turn, is providedwith a depending flange 18 which is supported in the flange l1 of thecabinet.

A bottle support or auxiliary top 21 is mounted over the cover member17, and it is provided with a depending portion 22 which abuts the topedge of the cabinet and is retained against lateral movement byengagement with the flange portion 18 of the cover member 17. Thismember is formed with a central opening defined by a circular flangedportion 23 upon which a gasket member 24 is mounted. The gasket memberserves to receive the body portion of an inverted bottle 25 of the usualtype, and the neck of the bottle, as indicated by the numeral 26 (Fig.3), protrudes through the opening in the support 2l and through a secondopening 27 formed in the cover 17, and terminates in the tank 14 therebysupplying the same. The liquid in the tank 14 may be withdrawn through adraft arm or pipe 28 which extends through the wall of the cabinet andterminates in a valve 29.

It will be noted that the openings in the auxiliary top 21 and cover' 17are not in concentricity, but rather the tank 14 is offset laterallyrelative to the vertical axis of the cabinet. This provides a relativelylarge space on the' right hand side of the chamber 13 (Fig. 3), which isutilized to contain the chamber member 15, this member being tubular inshape and provided at its rear extremity (Fig. 2) with a back wall 3l.The front edge of the compartment member 15 is formed with an annularenlargement 32 which engages over a 5 drawer frame member 33 secured tothe interior of the cabinet 10, and this portion of the cabinet isformed with an enlarged opening leading into the compartment member l5,

The compartment member 15 serves as a housing for a drawer 34,comprising a relatively shallow pan or body member 35, slidably mountedon the bottom wall of the compartment member 15 and formed with a rearflange 36 and side iianges 37 and 38 adapted to engagethe sides and l5rear wall of the compartment. The drawer front 40 is formed with a frontplate 39, which follows the contours of the cabinet, having at its righthand edge a curved portion 41 which in closed position aligns with thecurved corner portion 42 of the exterior of the cabinet 10. The doorfront 40 is insulated by means of a slab 43 secured to the interior ofthe drawer plate 41 by a flange member 44, and this structure is coveredwith a securing member 45 which encloses the slab 25 43 and is formedwith flanged members 46 secured tothe drawer plate 41. The securingmember 45 is utilized as a connecting member for supporting the tray 35and further is provided with an annular gasket 47 for abutting thedrawer casing member 33.

A cooling coil 51 comprising flattened tubing is wound in the form of aspiral about the outer wall of the compartment member 15, and one of itsterminal portions 52 is secured to the delivery end of a refrigerantsupply pipe 53 as herenafter more fully set forth. The opposite end ofthe coil 5l is connected to a coil 54 which is wound in intimate thermalContact about the liquid compartment 14 as shown in Fig. 3, and theterminal portion 55 of the coil 54 depends through the partition 12 forconnection with the output pipe 56 of the refrigeration system.

The interior of the chamber 13 is vcompletely packed with insulatingmaterial, such as granular cork, as indicated by the numeral 57, so thatthe spaced wallsof the containers 14 and 15 are separated from the wallsof the cabinet 10 by masses of insulating material. The cover 17 in thisinstance serves to retain the loose insulating material within thechamber 13.

' It is preferred that the cabinet 10 be utilized to contain also therefrigerant apparatus above referred to, and it is showndiagrammatically in Fig. 1 as comprising the usual motor-com- 55 pressorunit 6l, having an outlet pipe 62 leading through a condenser 63 andthence upwardly through a conduit 64 to a control device 65, such as athcrmostatic expansion valve, and finally the refrigerant is deliveredto the coil 51 through the connecting pipe 53. The exhaust refrigerantfrom the coil 54 is delivered through the pipe 56 back to thecompressor, and a thermostatic bulb 66 is secured to a suitable portionof the outlet section of the conduit circuit, and it operates thecontrol device 65 in the usual manner.

The embodiment of the invention herein disclosed constitutes a preferredform; however, it is to be understood that other forms may be adopted,all coming within the scope of the foilowing claim.

I claim:

A cooling device comprising a cabinet having a portion formed to providea rectilinear chamber having an enlarged opening through a side wallthereof, an annular drawer frame secured to the interior face of saidwall and extending around the opening, said frame having an axiallyextending annular flange, a tube closed on one end and having its openend engaged over said flange and secured thereto, a drawer slidablymounted in said tube, an insulated drawer front secured to said drawerand adapted to engage said frame, a cooling coil disposed about saidtube, and insulation means between the walls of the tube and the wallsof the chamber.

LAWRENCE C. SMITH.

